The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape i…

Wendell Berry
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The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we will escape it only by adding something better to it. ✨ Wendell Berry (2011). Standing by Words, p.14, Counterpoint Press
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The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we will escape it only by adding something better to it. ✨ Wendell Berry (2011). Standing by Words, p.14, Counterpoint Press

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